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Negro League Mod Continued, final image But it was too much, too little and too late for the Buckeyes as they could get no closer in this game and they lost 9 - 7 to Hilldale. Here is the final play of the game, a grounder to the first baseman and a flip to the pitcher covering. 3 - 1 if you are scoring at home. Game over. Thank you Dennis James.

Negro League Mod Continued Buckeye pitcher Lefty Boone warms up in the bullpen in front of a packed Hilldale crowd. Cleveland slowly begins to rally. After Hilldale made the score 9 - 3, the Buckeyes start their comeback with a double by the Cleveland first baseman. This is him scoring on a single by Sam Jethroe. The throw home was late and score is now 9 - 4. Going into the top of the 8th, it is 9 - 4 Hilldale. Sam Jethroe has just hit a two run inside the park home run to cut the Hilldale lead to 9 - 6. The center field area at Hilldale Park is so deep that you can put a picnic area there, but Jethroe managed to reach it and he scampered around the bases for his home run. Hilldale's relief corps were not that good today. Take this last guy that was out there for him, some guy named Pritchett. He pitched two innings, gave up seven hits, four runs (all earned) including two home runs. The first home run was by Jethroe. The next, one batter later that cut the score to 9 - 7.

Negro League Mod Continued Somehow Allen gets out of the inning with no runs scored. A pop up and two strikeouts do the trick for him. Here he records the second out with an off speed pitch. 4 - 0 Hilldale so far. Bottom of the fifth now and Mr. Crooks Allen has just given up his second home run of the game. True to his word, Dennis has removed all the fireworks from the game and all the other nonsense that goes on after someone hits a round tripper. All you'll hear is the crack of the bat and people cheering as their hometown hero circles the bases. It's the way it should be. And right here is where Crooks Allen of the Cleveland Buckeyes left the game and took a shower. This well placed opposite field double drove home two more runs and at the end of five innings the score stood 7 - 0 Hilldale. Remember when I said earlier that the Buckeyes second baseman saved them at least three runs in the game? Here was where he saved run number three. With two out in the last of the sixth, Hilldale had runners on second and third and he dove and caught this line drive by Biz Mackey to end the inning. This play also jump started Cleveland offense. And if you look close in the stands you will see some famous people taking in the game today. Hilldale pitcher Jesse Winters throws wildly to first base as he try to pick off Suitcase Simpson. Simpson made in all the way to third base and scored on a single. Cleveland also tacked on two more runs to make it 7 - 3 Hilldale.

The next mod reviewed in this thread will be the Negro League Baseball mod by Dennis James. You can download this mod by following this link right here. This mod differs from the Total Classics 1927 MLB/Negro Leagues mod and the Total Classics 1927 Integrated mod that have been released previously. This is a full Negro League mod that features eighteen teams and two All-Star teams which are named the East and West All-Stars. Installation of this mod was a breeze. All you need is a fresh copy of Mvp 05 and the installer does the rest for you. Once you get into the mod the first thing that gets your attention (not counting the excellent start up photos that Dennis included) is the music picked especially for this mod. If you close your eyes while listening to this music you can picture the Negro League players traveling by bus on dusty roads at night in order to get to their next game. The music captures an era long past and it perfectly fits this mod. As stated before, there's eighteen teams in this mod and some of the teams you'll know already. The Birmingham Black Barons are in this as well as the famous Homestead Greys, Kansas City Monarchs and Pittsburgh Crawfords. Ask the casual fan if they can name some teams in the Negro League and chances are they'll name a few of those teams. But look further into this mod and you'll find other teams like the Memphis Red Sox, New York Lincoln Giants, Atlantic City Bacharachs, Cleveland Buckeyes and the Hilldale Daisies. Some people may have heard of a few of these teams but probably not a lot. In the exhibition game that I played I used the Cleveland Buckeyes and the Hilldale Daisies. Before I played this mod tonight I did not know of the existence of a baseball team named the Hilldale Daisies that played in the old Negro Leagues. But later I learned by some research that they played their home games in Darby, Pennsylvania which is west of Philadelphia. This was why I chose them. Because I never heard of them. My game with the visiting Cleveland Buckeyes and the hometown Hilldale Daisies were packed with some famous names and some odd ones too. One thing about the Negro Leagues, they had nicknames down pat. There was a pinch hitter for the Buckeyes named Old 45 Scotland. The starting pitcher for Cleveland was a man named Crooks Allen. I had no idea why he was called that but I'm guessing it was for all the breaking balls he threw. He ran into trouble in the first inning but settled down quickly. Former American League player Harry "Suitcase" Simpson was on the Cleveland club as well as Sam Jethroe, the NL Rookie of the Year in 1950 for the Boston Braves. Judy Johnson was on the roster for Hilldale and from all I heard about this guy he was one of the best. Each team had familiar players that caught your eye but to me the more obscure ones that I never heard of peaked my interest. I mean who the heck was Old 45 Scotland? Why was he called that and where did he come from? A trip to Amazon.com to get a book on the history and players of the Negro Leagues is not out of the question. Dennis James has given us a history lesson disguised as a total conversion mod. Enjoy the trip back to the era of blues and jazz music and some of the best baseball around. I know I sure did. Thank you Dennis and also to everyone who helped him with this. Screenshots Welcome to Negro League Baseball Here is the overlay for the Negro League mod. Stylish and classy. I like the fact that pitch counts were not included in this overlay because back then no one would have known what a pitch count was and if you bothered to explain it to them I would imagine that they'd laugh in your face. This Buckeye second baseman saved the team at least three runs today with his glove. Down 4 - 0 at the time, his diving stab forced out the Daisies runner at second to end the inning. Had he missed the errant throw from the third baseman, two more runs would have scored. Nothing like keeping your eye on the ball as this Hilldale hitter shows here. Also, note the dirty and game used baseball that is being used in this mod. It's just another subtle addition to make this mod as era-correct as possible. For the second time in this game Hilldale has the bases loaded against Crooks Allen. In the first inning they all came in on a grand slam home run. The game is still 4 - 0 at this point and Allen needs to get out of this with as little damage as possible.

Updated to 11-13 ...Nice to be back in here after all this time. I had some technical difficulties which prevented me from coming in here to do my weekly Random Thoughts but they have now been taken care of and we are good to go. ...I want to thank the other people who took some time to come in here and make a few posts. I have always said that the posts by others in here really make this thread go and this just proved my point. Thank you all and please come back any time. ...The NBA still has not played a game yet and not surprisingly at all no one is too upset about it. With the NFL, people were worried. Not with these guys. It's hard to like a league where Lebron James is the marquee player in it. ...Just for laughs go out and find ten people who actually care about this. Ok, ten is too much. Go out and find five people who are all worried about the start of the NBA season. ...I stayed busy though. I finished up my baseball albums and even made a special one for the World Series. All the pictures posted in the month of October were overwhelming because they posted over 100 of them for each game played in the post season. And I covered them all. ...If anyone needs any book recommendations let me guide you towards the new book by Stephen King called 11-22-63. This is the first book by Stephen King that I have ever read in my entire life. I don't care for any horror stuff and I even avoided the movies that were made from his books, with the exception of The Green Mile. Now, I will not go into any detail in the book that you won't find in the description and I won't tell you how it ends. It's a time travel book and the only warning I have for you who decide to get this is this book will not let you go. I kept on saying to myself that I was only going to read one more chapter and go to bed but it never worked out that way. I had to force myself to put this down just so I could get sleep just so I could wake back up and continue reading. If any of you get this, you'll love it. The link for it on Amazon is right here. ...So Jonathan Paplebon is now a Phillie. Now I have to ask myself is this good for the Phillies or good for the Red Sox? ...When I read that the Twins signed Jamey Carroll for seven million dollars over two years I actually had to stop to try and recall exactly who this guy was. He's been with a number of teams. The Expos, Nationals, Rockies, Indians and as of late, the Dodgers. And now this journey man lands in Minnesota with a pretty good contract under his belt. Pretty good for someone who hit .290 with no home runs and a whopping 17 runs batted in in 146 games. Who are the Twins kidding here? ...It would be hard to imagine Albert Pujols in any other uniform than the Cardinals and if he accepts the Marlins offer he'd really look out of place. Pujols has said that he would "listen to God" when it comes to where he plays next. I kind of think that the Good Lord has other things to concern himself with than guiding some overpaid ballplayer to his next place of employment. ...Speaking of the Marlins, do you know what a good paint job is? It's when you spruce up everything around you to make it look a lot better. That's what the Marlins are doing. New stadium, new name, new uniforms. Everything new and improved on the surface. But they are still the Marlins and Jeffery Loria is still going to be running them. If there is one guy who has the ability to ruin everything down there fast, it's this guy. Major League Baseball may have conveniently forgotten what this guy did to baseball in Montreal but the city of Montreal has not. ...For forty-five years Joe Paterno was the head coach at Penn State where he won two National Championships. But now he is only going to be remembered as someone who decided to look the other way. And all it cost him was his job and every ounce of respect that people had for him. ...I'm glad that Jorge Posada is being realistic enough to know that he won't be back with the Yankees next year. He had as much of a chance to be back next year as Graig Nettles did being signed as the back up utility infielder. ...Dennis James churned out another top ten hit with his Negro League Baseball mod. Oh the history included in that mod. Careful now, you might learn something. Thank you Dennis for what you did here. ...On a personal note, I sure miss my friend MarkB not being here. I have no idea what's up with him or what is going on. I heard from him back in August and he said he was getting some things wrapped up that was taking up his time and then he was going to come here again. That's the last I heard from him. I sent him a birthday greeting on the 18th of last month and I heard nothing back. I just hope everything is ok with him.

Updated to 10-9 ...Talk about dodging a huge bullet. Amanda Knox got her conviction overturned after she and her ex-boyfriend decided to get rid of their mutual house guest one night by slashing her throat. Why it was done was never explained. Maybe they wanted more elbow room in the apartment. Knox couldn't get out of Italy fast enough. All she leaves behind is an assortment of questions as to what really happened and a grieving family in England is still looking for answers about their slain daughter. ...I don't know what Knox is going to do when she gets settled again in Seattle but I think it is safe to say she is not going out for an Italian dinner. ...I wonder if Adrian Gonzalez thought it was God's will that the Rays got eliminated by the Texas Rangers last week in their ALDS series? ...Nice going Yanks. You had another outstanding October didn't you? ...I've said it before and I will say it again. I refuse to believe that this Yankee team is a good hitting team because good hitting teams do NOT fold up and die every time they are behind. Get ahead of this team late in a game and it is as good as done because all they'll do is pop up or strike out. ...And now you are done Jorge Posada. Your Yankee career is over. Go home. Thanks for the double plays. Thanks for the popups. Thanks for the strike outs looking. ...Scottybilly I will say it in here like I said it in the shoutbox. I could care less if Sabathia opts out of his contract. The guy is making an insane amount of money right now and if that isn't enough then there is the door. These over rated choke artists lose in the first round again fans are supposed to worry about if one of them is going to leave. Let him go if he wants and take Captain Phony with him. ...Speaking about the Almighty, Captain Phony approves the Chicago White Sox hiring of Robin Ventura as the new White Sox manager. What a collective sigh of relief the entire South Side must have had after finding this out. ...Nice try Roy Oswalt. Trying to blame a squirrel for a pitch you threw and trying to have the pitch thrown out. I predict because of your whining and self entitlement that you have a future as a member of the Boston Red Sox. Attitudes like yours are welcomed and encouraged there. ...It appears that the squirrel from St. Louis got in touch with his relative in Philadelphia because there was another one who ran on the field during game five of the Cardinal-Phillie series. I was half expecting Roy Oswalt to voice a complaint about this one too. ...Makes me wonder what Oswalt would have said had he been on the mound in Cleveland in 2007 when the midges were all over Joba Chamberlain. At least I know who Adrian Gonzalez would have blamed. ...What a job of pitching Chris Carpenter did for the Cardinals especially going against a great pitcher like Roy Halladay. ...Don't look now but all of a sudden the Phillies have questions that have to be answered for next year, just like everyone else. They don't know if first baseman Ryan Howard is going to be ready for the start of the year and when he does come back, how good is he going to be. The Phils need Howard back because above everyone else on that team he knows how to choke up when it matters the most. ...This really makes all the people that were shouting for a Philadelphia and Boston World Series back in March look pretty stupid doesn't it? ...I wonder if Detroit manager Jim Leyland takes Nyquil before the start of every Tiger game? Every time I look at him he seems that he is only a few seconds away from nodding off. ...I have no idea who sings that song that MLB plays to advertise the post season playoff games but I never want to hear it again. Sitting in the stars,a million miles away...etc, etc Please, no more. Get out of my head!! ...To me, TBS does a better job broadcasting and showing the games as compared to FOX. ...Call me old fashioned, whatever you want but I do not like those during the game interviews that FOX started that made its way over to TBS when they interview the managers between innings. Let them do their job and talk to them when the game is over. Somehow I could not imagine them doing this to someone like Billy Martin. ...What's FOX going to come up with next? Interviewing the players as they walk up to the plate? ...Sarah Palin finally stopped playing the will-she-or-won't-she game with everyone by announcing that she will not run for President. Good. Now maybe this woman will go back to Alaska and never return. ...With a nod to David Letterman, here's my top ten list of why Sarah Palin is not going to run: A. When she found out the term of office is four years she decided not to do it because she knew she would have got bored with it after nine months, a year tops. B. She was told that if elected as President she could not have the Presidential office on her tour bus. C. She suddenly realized it was easier for her to stand off to the side and pick at and find fault with anyone who holds an elected position especially after she was told she couldn't throw people in jail that criticized her if she somehow managed to get in the White House. D. She didn't like the Tea Party anyways because she secretly prefers coffee. E. She wanted to go on Dancing with the Stars because if Bristol can do it so can she. F. There's another professional basketball player she has her eyes on. G. She has so many new ideas for books, like a cookbook because that's never been done before. H. She's aching to get back out in the Alaskan wilderness and shoot defenseless animals. I. Her younger daughter Willow is getting older now so she has to get her knocked up and out of the house. J. She can't keep her husband Todd out of Alaska any longer because if he isn't in weather that is not at least 30 below zero he begins to act crazy and starts to profess his love to Katie Couric. ...R.I.P. to Apple founder Steve Jobs. The products that this man introduced to the world changed how people get connected to the world. How many imitations of the popular iPad do we see out on the market now? This is all because people struggled to keep up with this man. Love or hate Apple, that's one thing. Respecting what this man did is another. ...Finally, the loss of Oakland owner Al Davis yesterday really hit me hard. Since I have been a Raider fan all I have known is Al Davis. Al Davis was the Raiders. I'm sure you've heard that line many times today but if you are not a real fan of the Oakland Raiders you won't understand how true that really is. George Steinbrenner last year. Al Davis this year. My two favorite owners. R.I.P. Mr. Davis. :sad:

Then you did something wrong. The instructions I provided are good. Somehow you didn't follow them right.

Absolutely. You won't be the only one. :)

You're lucky that you are able to have such a huge choice of minor league baseball that you can go to.

Well I was thinking that post would make Selig happy because it's all about money and power. And if some fans get screwed in the process, even better.

If Bud Selig ever read your post scottybilly he would cry tears of joy.

Updated to 10-2 ...So, Ozzie Guillen is out of Chicago. Somehow I don't think that there's going to be too many people there next year who are going to miss him. Having that loudmouth gone will just improve the team. Besides, he's not that good a manager. ...And once the newness wears off the stadium down in Miami people down there are not going to go to that ballpark either. Sure it will be a better place to play baseball for the Marlins but when it is all said and done those are still the same fans. Lazy and uninterested. ...Has there ever been such a night of baseball as we experienced on Wednesday night? Just when I thought that maybe, just maybe these games were over, I saw how wrong I was. Who wants to bet that someone writes a book about what happened on September 28th, 2011? ...Watching the Braves on Wednesday you had to have the feeling that somehow they were going to blow it and sure enough, they did. At least this time Bobby Cox can say that they can't blame him. ...Which brings me to the Boston Red Sox. If you think that I didn't enjoy watching that team collapse and choke during the entire month of September then you got another think coming. It was like having a month full of Sundays. ...And it was fitting that the Baltimore Orioles were the team to knock them out. It is one thing that Boston has been beating them pretty bad in recent years. But it is another thing that they have been rubbing it in the Orioles faces for a long time now and finally the O's had enough. You could tell this was coming after the fight the two teams got into in July in Boston. ...So Terry Francona gets shown the door. That's another typical Boston thing that you can expect to -and did- happen. Something goes wrong? Quick, blame someone. ...My favorite quote by one of the Red Sox? This one is from cement head Adrian Gonzalez: "God didn't have it in the cards for us." You want to know something? I believe him. God probably got fed up watching the Red Sox games on DirecTV that took four hours to play that the Almighty said to himself that was enough and he couldn't take watching one more Red Sox game this year. Creating the universe took less time than watching a weekend series at Fenway Park. ...Here's my favorite picture from Wednesday night. It was taken in Baltimore and Dad the Red Sox fan is consoling his son who looks like he is about to cry any second now. Don't worry there Little Pedroia, it was God's will that your team lost. Now don't you feel better? Uploaded with ImageShack.us ...Damn I feel good. I feel like I found an insane amount of money buried in my backyard. There's nothing like smiling over the misfortunes of this entitled and smug Red Sox team and the fans who follow them. ...But that's not entirely true either. There is at least one Red Sox fan in here who actually came out and pointed out exactly what he thought was wrong with his team. Fenway389 is the person I am talking about. He is the only Red Sox fan that showed up in here when things were going wrong for his team. Every other Sox fan on this board went into hiding. ...Well, enough of them. The Red Sox have their own issues to deal with and right now I am only concerned with how the Yankees are going to beat the Tigers. ...What an arm that Rays rookie Matt Moore has! ...I don't know if Saturday night's Yankee-Tiger game is going to be in New York's or Detroit's favor. The only thing I do know is they lose an important day off. ...As soon as I saw the picture of this 800 pound pumpkin I could not help thinking of Linus Van Pelt from the comic strip Peanuts. If there was a Great Pumpkin, this had to be it. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Oh no DJ, don't say that. Dylan will get mad at you too. Seriously, they did improve this year. That Bautista guy always gets me worried. EDIT: DJ, send me a PM. I just want to see how you are doing, etc. Thank you.

Ouch that hurt. Thanks for your kind words about this thread man. Jump in any time you wish to. You are always welcome.

You won't get any argument from me on this. I would be happier if they promote their players from within instead of using the best for trades. But things are changing. They are promoting more and more of their minor leaguers and I am grateful for that. And by the way, thanks for dropping in here.

Yeah I can think of two. Jesus Montero and Austin Romine.

Hahahahhahaa. That's funny. Stick a towel in her mouth and get it done. And poor Bristol. She found out how the world really views her. Stupid (*&^% I don't have that problem. I hate every organized team in that state. I had no idea what the hell Oakland was whining about. But they did do what they had to do this afternoon as they beat the Jets 34-24. That's all that matters. Yeah they do. But the good thing now is that they are going to their farm system more which of course is the right thing to do.

What are you referring to?

Updated to 9-25 ...It took Mariano Rivera sixteen years to do it, but he finally got top billing last Monday on ESPN's website after he recorded his record setting 602nd career save. Nothing he did in the past could wrestle away the attention that ESPN fawns on the Red Sox on a daily basis. ...Just by reading interviews that Dustin Pedroia gives makes me believe that this guy was not the smartest kid in his class by any stretch of the imagination. Take this quote of his for instance in a recent article. “We’re a team that wants to win” said the wise one. What I'd like to know is what he thinks the other teams in the league want to do. ...Just when Major League Baseball thought they were through with Money Ramirez, he wants to be reinstated and now would be willing to serve his 100 game ban. Manny went on to explain that he "was not prepared for retirement." I believe that. When you retire with millions of dollars in the bank every day had to be a struggle for the poor guy. ...I wonder what Joe Maddon feels about this? It had to cross his mind more than a few times how much Manny could have helped the Rays during their run for the wild card had he just served the suspension when he got it instead of running away from it. ...In my mind Ramirez is just as bad of a teammate as Carlos Zambrano is. Zambrano just goes around beating up teammates while Manny just plain doesn't care. ...I am as big of an Oakland Raiders fan as I am a Yankee fan. That said, even I think this story about the Silver and Black getting back at the Jets Mark Sanchez for eating a hot dog during a game against them the last time they played is foolish. How about if they try this? What if they just go out today and beat the Jets and not worry about what Sanchez is eating or not eating on the sidelines? Worry about what he does on the field and not off it. ...Not that I plan on reading them but there have been two books published this month that I don't think are ever going to be on Sarah Palin's reading list. Palin may fool all of the right wing cornhuskers from Iowa that have never seen a minority in their entire life, but to the rest of the country she's always going to be an over opinionated broad with no sign of common sense. ...Someone forgot to notify the New York Yankees that they were not supposed to win the American League East this year because as far as the Red Sox were concerned they had already won it back in March. ...Russell Martin said he hated the Red Sox this week. Good for him. I know how he feels. I wish other Yankees would come out and say the same thing. ...Oh that Brian Cashman! Pretending that the Yankees were interested in Carl Crawford just to drive the price up that the Red Sox had to pay for him. It was nice to see the Yankees do that to someone because everyone has been doing that to them for years now. And don't even be shocked if we find out soon that the Red Sox are going to officially complain about this to their good friend Bud Selig. ...Poor Leo Nunez, or whatever his real name is. The Marlins pitcher has been in this country all this time playing under an assumed name and just got caught and deported back to the Dominican last week. He said he chose that name because it was the name of his best friend. I wonder what would have happened if his friend said no, you can't use my name. Then Nunez would have probably picked an obscure name that no one ever heard of, like Babe Ruth. ...Denny McLain, Detroit's favorite son, was arrested last week just before he tried to enter Canada on fugitive fraud charges. The Pride of Detroit got himself into some kind of a legal tussle down in Louisiana and was planning on laying low for awhile up in the Great White North - like say for the next twenty years. ...Anyone else worried about the NBA strike going on? Didn't think so. ...So much for me asking people to jump in here. That worked out really well.

You know, I could be wrong but I think he just said he loves baseball but there is a tsunami coming. Again, I could be mistaken so don't quote me.

I still have your uniform package set that you made years ago. Remember the one that you had to disable and it caused a holy war around here? I grabbed it before it was taken down. I also own other versions too.

One more thing, forget about using Fuzz's Mvp Studio. It doesn't work with the 08 mod. That was the easiest way to add uniforms.

Yes. And then update the stadiums that Dennis made. Also, make sure you have TiT because Dennis (and a few other guys) made a lot of pretty good uniforms. Check them out in the download area. P.S. I still use the 1977 Syracuse Chiefs one you made for me those many years ago.

Hello KC and welcome back! The portraits are at Mlbmods. You can get them right here. The 2011 cyberface pack is at Mlbmods too. And that is right here. Welcome back again. This is still a wonderful game and Dennis James has done a great job of keeping it going. But it is different here now. I miss a lot of the people that are not here anymore.